The Gothic Sublime
Author | : Vijay Mishra |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0791417476 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780791417478 |
Rating | : 4/5 (478 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Gothic Sublime written by Vijay Mishra and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reads the Gothic corpus with a thoroughly postmodern critical apparatus, pointing out that the Gothic Sublime anticipates our own doomed desire to pass beyond the hyperreal. A highly sophisticated theoretical reading of key texts of the Gothic, this book allows the reader to re-live the Gothic, not simply as a nostalgic relic or a pre-romantic aberration, but as a living presence that has strong resonances with the postmodern condition.